{{Short description|American basketball coach (born 1985)}} {{Use mdy dates|date=June 2025}} {{Infobox college coach | name = Kellen Sampson | image = | alt = | caption = | current_title = Assistant coach | current_team = Houston | current_conference = Big 12 Conference | contract = | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1985|6|18}} | birth_place = Butte, Montana, U.S. | death_date = | death_place = | player_years1 = 2004–2007 | player_team1 = Oklahoma | player_positions = Guard | coach_years1 = 2007–2008 | coach_team1 = Indiana (GA) | coach_years2 = 2008–2009 | coach_team2 = Oklahoma (GA) | coach_years3 = 2009–2010 | coach_team3 = Oklahoma (assistant S&C) | coach_years4 = 2010–2011 | coach_team4 = Stephen F. Austin (assistant) | coach_years5 = 2011–2014 | coach_team5 = Appalachian State (assistant) | coach_years6 = 2014–present | coach_team6 = Houston (assistant) | overall_record = | tournament_record = | championships = | awards = | coaching_records = }} '''Kellen Sampson''' (born June 18, 1985) is an American college basketball coach who is an assistant coach for the Houston Cougars men's basketball team.
==Early life and playing career== Sampson played college basketball for his father, Kelvin Sampson at Oklahoma.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.oklahoman.com/story/sports/college/cowboys/2024/03/25/oklahoma-state-basketball-coaching-search-kellen-sampson-bryce-drew-amir-abdur-rahim/73091086007/|title=Oklahoma State basketball coach big board: Who tops latest list of coaching candidates?|work=The Oklahoman|date=March 25, 2024|access-date=December 19, 2024}}</ref> He remained with the Sooners to play his senior year after his father left to become the head coach of Indiana.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.oklahoman.com/story/sports/college/sooners/2006/10/27/dont-forget-the-sampson-who-stayed-behind/61849256007/|title=Don't forget the Sampson who stayed behind|work=The Oklahoman|date=April 2, 2021|access-date=January 8, 2025}}</ref>
==Coaching career== Sampson began his coaching career as a graduate assistant on his father's staff at Indiana.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.sportingnews.com/us/site-tablet/news/kelvin-kellen-sampson-houston-indiana-rockets-bob-knight/9ph897hyoy3l1xya8wn8dii1u|title=Sampson sees his father rise again|first=Mike|last=Decourcy|website=Sporting News|date=October 7, 2014|access-date=December 17, 2024}}</ref> After Kelvin was fired in 2008, Kellen left the Hoosiers and returned to Oklahoma as a graduate assistant.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.oklahoman.com/story/sports/college/sooners/2008/05/31/kellen-sampson-hired-as-graduate-assistant/61585826007/|title=Kellen Sampson hired as graduate assistant|work=The Oklahoman|date=May 31, 2008|access-date=January 8, 2025}}</ref> He spent the following season as an assistant strength & conditioning coach with the Sooners.
Sampson was hired as an assistant at Stephen F. Austin in 2010.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.houstonchronicle.com/sports/cougars/article/A-basketball-life-Kellen-Sampson-follows-his-13721510.php|title=A basketball life: Kellen Sampson follows his dad's path|work=Houston Chronicle|date=March 27, 2019|access-date=December 19, 2024}}</ref> After one season he was hired as an assistant at Appalachian State. Sampson spent three seasons at Appalachian State before being hired as an assistant at Houston after his father was named the head coach of the Cougars.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.chron.com/sports/cougars/article/sampson-vows-to-get-uh-basketball-back-the-right-5375487.php|title=Sampson vows to get UH basketball back the right way|work=Houston Chronicle|date=April 4, 2014|access-date=January 8, 2025}}</ref> On June 12, 2023, he was named head coach in waiting to succeed his father after they both signed new contracts to remain with the Cougars.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.houstonchronicle.com/texas-sports-nation/college/article/uh-basketball-kellen-sampson-kelvin-advisor-18148877.php|title=UH's Kellen Sampson can hire dad Kelvin Sampson as advisor|work=Houston Chronicle|date=June 12, 2023|access-date=December 19, 2024}}</ref>
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==External links== *[https://uhcougars.com/sports/mens-basketball/roster/coaches/kellen-sampson/83 Houston Cougars bio]
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